The Complete HTML 4.01 Reference

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The links in the "Start tag" column point to attributes and more useful information about the specific tag. The links in the "Demo" column point to programming examples on the specific tag.

NN: Netscape, IE: Internet Explorer, W3C: Web Standard

Deprecated tags have no guarantee for future browser support.

Start tag	Demo	Purpose	NN	IE	W3C

Basic Tags
<!DOCTYPE>		Defines the document type			3.2
<html>	Demo	Defines a html document	3.0	3.0	3.2
<body>	Demo	Defines the body element	3.0	3.0	3.2
<h1> to <h6>	Demo	Defines header 1 to header 6	3.0	3.0	3.2
<p>	Demo	Defines a paragraph	3.0	3.0	3.2
<br>	Demo	Inserts a single line break	3.0	3.0	3.2
<hr>	Demo	Defines a horizontal rule	3.0	3.0	3.2
<!-->	Demo	Defines a comment	3.0	3.0	3.2

Char Format
<b>	Demo	Defines bold text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<strong>	Demo	Defines strong text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<i>	Demo	Defines italic text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<em>	Demo	Defines emphasized text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<big>	Demo	Defines big text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<small>	Demo	Defines small text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<sup>	Demo	Defines superscripted text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<sub>	Demo	Defines subscripted text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<bdo>	Demo	Defines the direction of text display	6.2	5.0	4.0
<u>		Deprecated. Use styles instead

Output
<pre>	Demo	Defines preformatted text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<code>	Demo	Defines computer code text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<tt>	Demo	Defines teletype text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<kbd>	Demo	Defines keyboard text	3.0	3.0	3.2
<var>	Demo	Defines a variable	3.0	3.0	3.2
<samp>	Demo	Defines sample computer code	3.0	3.0	3.2
<plaintext>		Deprecated. Use <pre> instead
<listing>		Deprecated. Use <pre> instead
<xmp>		Deprecated. Use <pre> instead

Blocks
<acronym>	Demo	Defines an acronym	6.2	4.0	4.0
<abbr>	Demo	Defines an abbreviation	6.2		4.0
<address>	Demo	Defines an address element	4.0	4.0	3.2
<blockquote>	Demo	Defines an long quotation	3.0	3.0	3.2
<q>	Demo	Defines a short quotation	6.2	4.0	4.0
<cite>	Demo	Defines a citation	3.0	3.0	3.2
<ins>	Demo	Defines inserted text	6.2	4.0	4.0
<del>	Demo	Defines deleted text	6.2	4.0	4.0
<strike>		Deprecated. Use <del> instead
<s>		Deprecated. Use <del> instead

Links
<a>	Demo	Defines an anchor	3.0	3.0	3.2
<link>	Demo	Defines a resource reference	4.0	3.0	3.2

Frames
<frame>	Demo	Defines a sub window (a frame)	3.0	3.0	4.0
<frameset>	Demo	Defines a set of frames	3.0	3.0	4.0
<noframes>	Demo	Defines a noframe section	3.0	3.0	4.0
<iframe>	Demo	Defines an inline sub window (frame)	6.0	3.0	4.0

Input
<form>	Demo	Defines a form	3.0	3.0	3.2
<input>	Demo	Defines an input field	3.0	3.0	3.2
<textarea>	Demo	Defines a text area	3.0	3.0	3.2
<button>	Demo	Defines a push button	6.2	4.0	4.0
<select>	Demo	Defines a selectable list	3.0	3.0	3.2
<optgroup>		Defines an option group	6.0		4.0
<option>	Demo	Defines an item in a list box	3.0	3.0	3.2
<label>	Demo	Defines a label	6.2	4.0	4.0
<fieldset>	Demo	Defines a fieldset	6.2	4.0	4.0
<legend>	Demo	Defines a title in a fieldset	6.2	4.0	4.0
<isindex>		Deprecated. Use <input> instead

Lists
<ul>	Demo	Defines an unordered list	3.0	3.0	3.2
<ol>	Demo	Defines an ordered list	3.0	3.0	3.2
<li>	Demo	Defines a list item	3.0	3.0	3.2
<dl>	Demo	Defines a definition list	3.0	3.0	3.2
<dt>	Demo	Defines a definition term	3.0	3.0	3.2
<dfn>	Demo	Defines a definition term		3.0	3.2
<dd>	Demo	Defines a definition description	3.0	3.0	3.2
<dir>		Deprecated. Use <ul> instead
<menu>		Deprecated. Use <ul> instead

Images
<img>	Demo	Defines an image	3.0	3.0	3.2
<map>	Demo	Defines an image map	3.0	3.0	3.2
<area>	Demo	Defines an area inside an image map	3.0	3.0	3.2

Tables
<table>	Demo	Defines a table	3.0	3.0	3.2
<caption>	Demo	Defines a table caption	3.0	3.0	3.2
<th>	Demo	Defines a table header	3.0	3.0	3.2
<tr>	Demo	Defines a table row	3.0	3.0	3.2
<td>	Demo	Defines a table cell	3.0	3.0	3.2
<thead>		Defines a table header		4.0	4.0
<tbody>		Defines a table body		4.0	4.0
<tfoot>		Defines a table footer		4.0	4.0
<col>		Defines attributes for table columns		3.0	4.0
<colgroup>		Defines groups of table columns		3.0	4.0

Styles
<style>	Demo	Defines a style definition	4.0	3.0	3.2
<div>		Defines a section in a document	3.0	3.0	3.2
<span>		Defines a section in a document	4.0	3.0	4.0
<font>		Deprecated. Use styles instead
<basefont>		Deprecated. Use styles instead
<center>		Deprecated. Use styles instead

Meta Info
<head>	Demo	Defines information about the document	3.0	3.0	3.2
<title>	Demo	Defines the document title	3.0	3.0	3.2
<meta>	Demo	Defines meta information	3.0	3.0	3.2
<base>	Demo	Defines a default reference to external resources	3.0	3.0	3.2

Programming
<script>	Demo	Defines a script	3.0	3.0	3.2
<noscript>	Demo	Defines a noscript section	3.0	3.0	4.0
<object>	Demo	Defines an embedded object		3.0	4.0
<param>	Demo	Defines a parameter for an object	3.0	3.0	3.2
<applet>		Deprecated. Use <object> instead

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